about nitrogen filled

iwan · Guest

hi, experts
please, need help.
is it same between nitrogen filled in the rifle scope and nitrogen for automotive tires ?
simple question, can i using nitrogen for automotive to fill inside the rifle scope ? with adding extra input connector in riflescope's body.
sorry, just funny thinking
thank you very very much
GOD bless you Very Happy

MrGman · Guest

The answer is yes and no. Nitrogen is Nitrogen a gas, an atomic element. Normally found as the diatomic compound N2. However Rifle scopes are purged with clean and dry Nitrogen, no moisture in it and certainly no pump oils. The Nitrogen used in tires has no requirement to be clean. So if there is moisture in it or oils from the pumps used to pump it into tanks its of no concern. You would not want that in your scope.

Furthermore, what is your plan to fill your own rifle scope? This is something that is done while building. At the final level of build the entire assembly is done in a "dry box" a complete Nitrogen purged environment and then sealed. You can't just pump N2 into a rifle scope that is already built. A, you have to let the air or gas that is in there out or you will blow your seals and watch your rifle scope go pop as one end comes flying off. Or, if it has no seal any more, filling it with N2 will be meaningless because it won't stay there. If the scope isn't already Nitrogen filled or has lost that, its not something you just add a Schrader valve to and start pumping in N2. As the temperature and humidity changes, normal air and moisture will work its way back into the scope.

This is not a do it yourself at home type job for any rifle scope worth having.

iwan · Guest

MrGman, you are must be a smart person, ha ha, smart thinking.

thank you very very much

GOD bless you